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I really doubt google will become "irrelevant" anytime soon. What most of us nerds forget is that tech products become popular when they solve real life issues

I really doubt google will become "irrelevant" anytime soon. What most of us nerds forget is that tech products become popular when they solve real life issues for non technical people. We can sit here and debate all day what protocols are better, and which browse is cooler, and why Google is evil, because it will not become irrelevant anytime soon unless there is a better end user product. Happy bashing Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc because no one cares, really. What they care is "how to cook potato soup" showing relevant results, and having their pictures generate likes and their unneeded products delivered tomorrow.

PavlovsCat 7y ago
> Happy bashing Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc because no one cares, really. I'd rather work with 10000 people on something we can get excited about because it's actually cool and "pure" at least in intent, if not in implementation, than with 10 billion people on the current trajectory of chained prisoners shuffling down a damp hallway. You're boring as fuck.
lazyjones 7y ago
> it will not become irrelevant anytime soon unless there is a better end user product. Most of the end users today never made a conscious choice about this, in the same way most people didn't question Windows as "the operating system" years ago. Google is pre-configured almost everywhere, its brand name is synonymous with web search and most people never even try anything else. IOW, it's not the superior quality of the end product that decides the market share today, it's sufficient quality and no good reason to switch.
hknd 7y ago
And that's exactly the reason AMP is so popular with end-users. It's fast, and opens instantly on slow networks with your phone. End-users don't know what AMP is, and most don't know that the lightning symbol is AMP. What they know is clicking it gives them fast results, and that's what 99% of people care about.
- latexr 7y ago
  > And that's exactly the reason AMP is so popular with end-users. It's fast, and opens instantly on slow networks with your phone. Is that the reason, or is it that the results are at the top?

PavlovsCat 7y ago

> Happy bashing Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc because no one cares, really. I'd rather work with 10000 people on something we can get excited about because it's actually cool and "pure" at least in intent, if not in implementation, than with 10 billion people on the current trajectory of chained prisoners shuffling down a damp hallway. You're boring as fuck.

lazyjones 7y ago

> it will not become irrelevant anytime soon unless there is a better end user product. Most of the end users today never made a conscious choice about this, in the same way most people didn't question Windows as "the operating system" years ago. Google is pre-configured almost everywhere, its brand name is synonymous with web search and most people never even try anything else. IOW, it's not the superior quality of the end product that decides the market share today, it's sufficient quality and no good reason to switch.

hknd 7y ago

And that's exactly the reason AMP is so popular with end-users. It's fast, and opens instantly on slow networks with your phone. End-users don't know what AMP is, and most don't know that the lightning symbol is AMP. What they know is clicking it gives them fast results, and that's what 99% of people care about.

latexr 7y ago
> And that's exactly the reason AMP is so popular with end-users. It's fast, and opens instantly on slow networks with your phone. Is that the reason, or is it that the results are at the top?